Explosion in Italy kills three Carabinieri during police raid
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An explosion at a farmhouse in northern Italy during a police raid killed three Carabinieri officers and injured 12 others, Italy’s fire service said on X on Tuesday.
Non è possibile esprimere il dolore che ha colpito l’intera Arma, a partire dal Com. Gen. Salvatore Luongo, per la scomparsa dei #Carabinieri Marco Piffari, Valerio Daprà e Davide Bernardello, travolti dal crollo di un edificio a Castel D'Azzano (VR) durante attività di servizio pic.twitter.com/5rD0fjA9JF
The explosion occurred in Castel d’Azzano, near the city of Verona, overnight and caused the farmhouse to collapse, firefighters said. A woman was also injured and seven firefighters were taken to hospital for checks, they added.
Italian media reported that the officers were trying to carry out an eviction order and that the initial indications were that gas canisters had exploded in the building. The noise from the blast could be heard as far as five kilometres (3.1 miles) away.
Con profondo dolore apprendo della tragica scomparsa di tre Carabinieri e del ferimento di altri tredici tra militari dell’Arma, Vigili del Fuoco e Polizia, a seguito di un’esplosione avvenuta durante un’operazione di sgombero nel Veronese. Il mio cordoglio e quello del Governo… pic.twitter.com/kq4cJZ2E3h
Corriere della Sera reported that three siblings lived in the building and had been resisting attempts to evict them for several years.
“With deep sorrow I have learnt of the tragic passing of three Carabinieri. My condolences, and those of the government, go to the families of the victims,” Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wrote on X.
